Discussion On The ATI Radeon 5*** Series Before They Have Been Released Thread

kylew · 10 Sep 2009 at 21:41

Do you reckon those other die shots could have been 55nm whilst this one is at 40nm?

Or is it supposed to be a lower end 5XXX series?

dustofnations · 10 Sep 2009 at 21:41

fornowagain said:

Quick, someone alt+tab while they're not looking

Tom|Nbk · 10 Sep 2009 at 21:41

kylew said:
Do you reckon those other die shots could have been 55nm whilst this one is at 40nm?

Or is it supposed to be a lower end 5XXX series?

Unknown but it certainly isn't R600

Azza · 10 Sep 2009 at 21:42

I wonder what Nvidia are thinking.

Ho ho ho!!

Tom|Nbk · 10 Sep 2009 at 21:43

Wonder if the CEO is kicking off again

Azza · 10 Sep 2009 at 21:43

Tom|Nbk said:
Wonder if the MD is kicking off again

Eyes probably popped out when he seen all them monitors being ran from one card.

r2d2 · 10 Sep 2009 at 21:44

How many DVI outputs will the 5870 have?

To drive three displays will they all have to have displayport?

bru · 10 Sep 2009 at 21:46

Azza said:
I wonder what Nvidia are thinking.

Ho ho ho!!

either "oh crap were well and truely stuffed now" or "ok so they have got loads of screens to work together but is it really only 40% faster.......ho ho ho"

fornowagain · 10 Sep 2009 at 21:47

Tom|Nbk said:
Wonder if the CEO is kicking off again

Another can o whoop ass?

Azza · 10 Sep 2009 at 21:47

r2d2 said:
How many DVI outputs will the 5870 have?

To drive three displays will they all have to have displayport?

2 DVI ports, 1 display port and 1 HDMI

Can probably use 1 of each other what ever. Most new large monitors have a HDMI port along with DVI & VGA these days any way.

fizzle-187 · 10 Sep 2009 at 21:49

When is this card out then? Is it better than the GTX295? And how much is it.

Tom|Nbk · 10 Sep 2009 at 21:51

fornowagain said:
Another can o whoop ass?

I laughed.

r2d2 · 10 Sep 2009 at 21:53

Azza said:
2 DVI ports, 1 display port and 1 HDMI

Can probably use 1 of each other what ever. Most new large monitors have a HDMI port along with DVI & VGA these days any way.

I just saw they have a 6 displayport one! :eek:

Im gonna have to get two of these 5870's in crossfire for my next build i think :cool:

Azza · 10 Sep 2009 at 21:53

fizzle-187 said:
When is this card out then? Is it better than the GTX295? And how much is it.

23rd, we will find everything out between now and then.

Tom|Nbk said:
I laughed.

Me too.

TheBlackShuck15 · 10 Sep 2009 at 21:59

Me thinks that ATI should send one out so we can test it for them

tmaxxthomson · 10 Sep 2009 at 21:59

so whats this new cooling system they are apparently using for the first time? does anybody know?

kylew · 10 Sep 2009 at 22:00

TheBlackShuck15 said:
Me thinks that ATI should send one out so we can test it for them

They should give the top three posters of this thread 2 5870s each to 'TEST'.

TheBlackShuck15 · 10 Sep 2009 at 22:01

Might have to start spammin them

LoadsaMoney · 10 Sep 2009 at 22:07

Might be time for another small whimper, sorry i mean Big Bang

Aedus · 10 Sep 2009 at 22:08

kylew said:
They should give the top three posters of this thread 2 5870s each to 'TEST'.

The top 3 posters, not the top 3 spammers